Patents by Inventor Christopher Benedict

Christopher Benedict has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20250332249
    Abstract: The present invention includes compositions and methods for detecting the presence of: a cytomegalovirus or an immune response relevant to a cytomegalovirus infection including T cells responsive to one or more cytomegalovirus peptides or proteins comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of: one or more amino acid sequences selected from those sequences set forth in Table 1 or Table 2, or a subsequence, portion, homologue, variant or derivative thereof; a fusion protein comprising one or more amino acid sequences selected from those sequences set forth in Table 1 or Table 2; a pool of 2 or more peptides selected from the amino acid sequences set forth in Table 1 or Table 2; or a polynucleotide that encodes one or more peptides or proteins, comprising, consisting of, or consisting essentially of an amino acid sequence selected from those sequences set forth in Table 1 or Table 2, or a subsequence, portion, homologue, variant or derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 30, 2025
    Inventors: Christopher BENEDICT, Alessandro SETTE
  • Publication number: 20230293673
    Abstract: Provided herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for treating or preventing viral infections. The methods and compositions may modulate entry of a virus into a cell, viral fusion to a cell, or cell to cell spread of the virus by targeting one or more viral proteins or ligands thereof. The methods and compositions provided herein including embodiments thereof are contemplated to be especially effective for treating or preventing cytomegalovirus infections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Christopher Benedict, Jeremy P. Kamil, Mohammed Nure Alam Siddiquey, Erica Ollmann Saphire, Michael Norris
  • Patent number: 10409892
    Abstract: Data formatting rules to convert data from one form to another form are automatically determined based on a user's edits. A machine learning heuristic is applied to a user's edits to determine a data formatting rule that may be applied to data. For example, a user may make edits that add/remove characters from data, concatenate data, extract data, rename data, and the like. The machine learning heuristic may be automatically triggered in response to an event (e.g. after a predetermined number of edits are made to a same type of data) or manually triggered (e.g. selecting a user interface option). The data formatting rule may be applied to other data and the results of the formatting reviewable by the user. Based on further edits/reviews, the data formatting rule may be updated. The data formatting rules may be stored for later use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Rothschiller, Daniel Battagin, Christopher Benedict, Rodrigo Moreira-Silveira, Dmitri O. Danilov, Eric Cohen, Sumit Gulwani, Dany Rouhana, Rishabh Singh, Benjamin Goth Zorn, Ramarathnam Venkatesan
  • Publication number: 20170088600
    Abstract: A composition comprising a TRAIL-R2 receptor or fragment thereof bound to a ligand in crystalline form is presently provided along with novel binding sites and binding agents of a TRAIL receptor. Also provided are methods of designing a compound, protein or peptide and identifying a binding agent that interacts with a TRAIL receptor. The present invention further provides methods of modulating binding of a TRAIL receptor to a ligand, the methods comprising contacting the TRAIL receptor with a binding agent, ligand, or an agonist or antagonist thereof, that interacts with a novel binding site described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher Benedict, Dirk Zajonc, Ivana Nemcovicova, Shilpi Verma
  • Publication number: 20140134647
    Abstract: A composition comprising a TRAIL-R2 receptor or fragment thereof bound to a ligand in crystalline form is presently provided along with novel binding sites and binding agents of a TRAIL receptor. Also provided are methods of designing a compound, protein or peptide and identifying a binding agent that interacts with a TRAIL receptor. The present invention further provides methods of modulating binding of a TRAIL receptor to a ligand, the methods comprising contacting the TRAIL receptor with a binding agent, ligand, or an agonist or antagonist thereof, that interacts with a novel binding site described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: LA JOLLA INSTITUTE FOR ALLERGY AND IMMUNOLOGY
    Inventors: Christopher Benedict, Dirk Zajonc, Ivana Nemcovicova, Shilpi Verma
  • Publication number: 20130191714
    Abstract: Animation and visuals are displayed when automatically filling/changing values within a document. A scan animation may be displayed to assist a user in understanding that an action is about to occur using their recent edit(s). A fill animation may be displayed while the suggested values are automatically filled within the document. For example, the suggested values may be displayed according to an uncommitted state (e.g. light grey text) as compared to a committed state (e.g. black text) of related values. The suggested values may be accepted/rejected while they are displayed according to the uncommitted state. When the suggested values are rejected, the suggested values are removed from the display. When the suggested values are accepted, the suggested values are transitioned to the committed state. When a user performs an edit on one or more of the suggested values, a change animation may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad Rothschiller, Eric Cohen, Karen Cheng, Josh Leong, Christopher Benedict, Keri Talbot, Igor Borisov Peev, Andrew Becker
  • Publication number: 20120192051
    Abstract: Data formatting rules to convert data from one form to another form are automatically determined based on a user's edits. A machine learning heuristic is applied to a user's edits to determine a data formatting rule that may be applied to data. For example, a user may make edits that add/remove characters from data, concatenate data, extract data, rename data, and the like. The machine learning heuristic may be automatically triggered in response to an event (e.g. after a predetermined number of edits are made to a same type of data) or manually triggered (e.g. selecting a user interface option). The data formatting rule may be applied to other data and the results of the formatting reviewable by the user. Based on further edits/reviews, the data formatting rule may be updated. The data formatting rules may be stored for later use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad Rothschiller, Daniel Battagin, Christopher Benedict, Rodrigo Moreira-Silveira, Dmitri O. Danilov, Eric Cohen, Sumit Gulwani, Dany Rouhana, Rishabh Singh, Benjamin Goth Zorn, Ramarathnam Venkatesan